Lancom Systems 3550 manual Setting up the Umts profile

LANCOM 3550 Wireless

Chapter 5: Setting up the UMTS profile

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￿If your provider does not appear in the list, you can enter the necessary connection data manually. You will need the APN (Access Point Name) and the appropriate telephone number in your provider's mobile tele- phone network.

Your provider will supply this information to you upon request.

￿To conclude the configuration of the Internet access, you can activate the "Keep alive" option. This sets up the UMTS connection so that the connec- tion is automatically established after switching on the device, and so that the connection is automatically re-established after being cut off—the Internet connection is "always on". This function is very useful for conven- ient access to the Internet or for VPN site coupling.

By activating the "keep alive" function, it is very easy to set up, for exam- ple, a mobile conference room that enables Internet access and, if need be, VPN-protected access to company networks from any location.

to considerable costs, for example with time-based charging. Please

ensure that you are familiar with the details of your provider's UMTS tariff.Depending on the tariff, always-on Internet connections can give rise

￿Alternatively you can set up a suitable hold time for the UMTS connection. This means that the Internet connection is not started automatically, but only when data are to be transferred into the Internet. The connection will be automatically disconnected if data is not transmitted for the duration of the hold time.

After setting up the Internet connection, you use LANmonitor to check for the available mobile telephone networks.

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